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(iii) the notification of such a revocation.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
(6) Paragraphs (4)(a) and (5)(a) do not apply to a use of information or
a document if:
(a) the use is for the purposes of the authorisation, revocation or
notification concerned; or
(b) the use is reasonably necessary:
(i) to enable the Organisation to perform its functions; or
(ii) to enforce the criminal law; or
(iii) to enforce a law imposing a pecuniary penalty; or
(iv) to protect the public revenue.
Note:
A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in
subsection (6) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
181B Disclosure/use offences: certain authorisations under
Division 4
Disclosures
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person discloses information; and
(b) the information is about any of the following:
(i) whether an authorisation under Division 4 (other than
under section 178A) has been, or is being, sought;
(ii) the making of such an authorisation;
(iii) the existence or non-existence of such an authorisation;
(iv) the revocation of such an authorisation;
(v) the notification of such a revocation.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person discloses a document; and
(b) the document consists (wholly or partly) of any of the
following:
(i) an authorisation under Division 4 (other than under
section 178A);
(ii) the revocation of such an authorisation;
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